The evil we use violence against to protect ourselves from is far less evil than the evil we do to ourselves by using violence. | |
— Leo Tolstoy | |
[Let’s be clear… There is NO evidence of widespread or organized voter fraud in the United States. The laws being passed to “protect” voting in Georgia, Texas, Michigan, etc., are intended to reduce voter turnout by American citizens – specifically by the young, the poor and people of color because these groups are increasing in number and are “tending” / trending to vote Democratic. These laws are being passed because the Republicans understand / believe they no longer have policies which the majority of American voters support. The Republican party would rather deny their fellow citizens the opportunity to vote than change their policies to promote the general welfare and thereby regain the popular support of the American voter. — KMAB] | |
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2020 | Another Reason #DonTheCon Continues To Lie About The Pandemic |
A Receptive Push | |
2019 | I’m Still Struggling To Rise |
2018 | Once Suddenly Free |
2017 | What Is Childlike |
2016 | The Latter A Lot Quicker Than The Former |
2015 | Notes On My Nightstand |
2014 | Generations |
2013 | Two For One |
2012 | Seen And Heard |
2011 | The Hazards And Vicissitudes Of Life |
Posts Tagged ‘Leo Tolstoy’
There’s Still No Voter Fraud
Posted in Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, tagged Democrats, Evil, Leo Tolstoy, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, Republicans, Violence, Voter Fraud on April 6, 2021| 2 Comments »
Seeking Happiness
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Activity, Fear, Happiness, Leo Tolstoy, Love, Philosophy, Quotes on March 29, 2021| Leave a Comment »
Love alone is the only reasonable activity or pursuit of humankind . . . For love not only annihilates our fear of meaningless but empowers us to seek the happiness of others. And this indeed is our greatest happiness. | |
— Leo Tolstoy | |
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On This Day In: | |
2020 | Expectation For The Near Future |
2019 | Indian Myth |
Did He Even Have The Courage To Ask? | |
2018 | Nothing |
2017 | Approval First |
2016 | In Search Of Words |
Day 2 – Blending | |
2015 | At What Price? |
2014 | Intricate And Subtle Order |
2013 | Attention To Detail |
2012 | Aequanimitas! |
2011 | Consider This |
And Usually The Former
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged A Bad Means, A Good End, Leo Tolstoy, Philosophy, Quotes, Rules on February 22, 2021| Leave a Comment »
There is a hard and fast rule we must always remember: if a good end can be achieved only through bad means, either it is not a good end, or its time has not yet come. | |
— Leo Tolstoy | |
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On This Day In: | |
2020 | The Doggie Dab |
A Fork In The Road | |
2019 | #LyingDonald’s Problem With The News And Truth |
2018 | Oh, Hell |
2017 | No Welcome Mat Here |
2016 | Making It Up |
A Missed Beat | |
2015 | We Are All Explorers |
2014 | Still Trying To Cope |
2013 | Dear Diary (A good chuckle!) |
2012 | Conveniently Sequential |
2011 | King’s Speech Number Four |
Rational Probability | |
A Good Reason To Blog
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged A Good Thought, Leo Tolstoy, Philosophy, Quotes, Value on September 25, 2020| Leave a Comment »
We regret losing a purse or wallet full of money, but a good thought which has come to us, which we have either heard or read, a thought which we should have remembered and applied to our life, which could have improved the world — we lose this thought and promptly forget about it, and we do not regret it, though it is more precious than millions. | |
— Leo Tolstoy | |
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On This Day In: | |
2019 | Living Free |
2018 | Relative Imagination |
2017 | Thank You, Senator McCain (So Far Anyway) |
2016 | What About Friends? |
2015 | It Tastes Good To Me |
2014 | Others’ Footsteps |
The Not-So-Modern Samurai | |
2013 | Doin’ |
2012 | A Lover |
2011 | What Have We Found Here |
Words | |
Rules Of Morality
Posted in Faith, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Demands, Giving, Leo Tolstoy, Morality, Philosophy, Quotes, Service on September 22, 2020| Leave a Comment »
The simplest and shortest rule of morality consists in compelling as little service as possible from others, and serving others as much as possible. It involves demanding as little as possible from others, and in giving others as much as possible. | |
— Leo Tolstoy | |
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On This Day In: | |
2019 | Good People On Both Sides? |
2018 | Schedule, Please |
2017 | No Hope For #DumbDonald |
2016 | Do Something |
2015 | What Are You Making Now? |
2014 | Like Fire Burning In My Heart |
2013 | Oh Yes He Can! |
2012 | Enquiries |
2011 | The Prize: Understanding |
2010 | Can You Tell My Scanner Works? |
Rebecca – The Early Years | |
James – The Early Years | |
Brothers By Another Mother | |
Diets And Lifestyle Changes
Posted in Diets, Health, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Diets, Health, Leo Tolstoy, Lifestyle Changes, Philosophy, Practice, Quotes on September 1, 2020| Leave a Comment »
It is far easier to write ten volumes of philosophy than to put a single precept into practice. | |
— Leo Tolstoy | |
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On This Day In: | |
2019 | The Right Questions |
Day 3: Still Difficult | |
2018 | A Thought For Those Continuing To Support President Trump |
Day 36: Pushing On | |
2017 | Imagining Humor |
2016 | So Go On And Deal With It |
2015 | From A Letter To A Friend |
2014 | Your Part (Here) |
2013 | Complements |
2012 | Sound And Light |
2011 | Two Politicians Visit A Farm… |
2010 | Labor Day And Honorable Men |
Policies Not People
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Disagree, Disagreeable, Evil, Leo Tolstoy, Philosophy, Quotes, Ruth Bader Ginsburg on August 29, 2020| Leave a Comment »
We dislike people not because they are evil; we think they are evil because we dislike them. | |
— Leo Tolstoy | |
[We must get back to the point where we can disagree without being disagreeable. (A paraphrase of Ruth Bader Ginsburg) — KMAB] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2019 | Should I Start With My Religion? |
2018 | Fear And Hope |
Day 33: Good News & Prep | |
2017 | Directions |
2016 | Handle With Care |
2015 | Nothing But Pride |
2014 | Go |
2013 | Well, Does It? |
2012 | Near Misses Aren’t Successes |
2011 | Uncomfortable Feelings |
2010 | San Francisco (favorites)… |
Bullets or Butter? | |
#45: Diarrhea Of The Mouth, Constipation Of The Brain
Posted in Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, tagged #IdiotInChief, #IncompetentDonald, Leo Tolstoy, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, Silence on August 9, 2020| Leave a Comment »
Either be silent or say things that are worth more than silence. | |
— Leo Tolstoy | |
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On This Day In: | |
2019 | Four Buffett’s |
2018 | Change Happens |
Day 13: Ginger / Mint Relief | |
2017 | Still Removing Bricks |
2016 | Namaste |
2015 | Still Learning |
2014 | Dark Processes |
2013 | To The Last Link |
2012 | Slept In Again |
2011 | Home Again, Naturally |
2009 | Thoughts after a long day of OT… |
Only Now
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Attitude, Future, Leo Tolstoy, Now, Past, Philosophy, Present, Quotes, Worry on May 17, 2020| 2 Comments »
We torture ourselves with the past and in our worry spoil the future simply because we do not pay sufficient attention to the present. The past is gone. The future does not exist. There is only now. | |
— Leo Tolstoy | |
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On This Day In: | |
2019 | I Think I’ve Been Blurred |
2018 | Progress On The Honey Do List |
And It’s Mostly Free, Too! | |
2017 | Both Dismissed |
2016 | Poetry Isn’t Going To Work |
2015 | MA Fix |
Getting Better | |
2014 | Actually |
2013 | Unfortunate Evolutionary Accidents |
2012 | Tense (Past, Present And Future) |
2011 | What Is Your Preference? |
Walking The Lonely Path
Posted in Faith, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Faith, Leo Tolstoy, Philosophy, Quotes on May 31, 2019| 5 Comments »
How does a lapse of faith occur? Very simply: one begins to live like everybody else. | |
— Leo Tolstoy | |
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On This Day In: | |
2018 | The Ultimate Trial |
2017 | Vain Expectations |
2016 | Or Of One Thought |
2015 | What’s In Your Future? |
2014 | Light In Darkness |
2013 | How ‘Bout Just Obeying The Law? |
2012 | Or Maybe Not |
2011 | My Interval Is Too Short! |
From My Sullied Prison
Posted in Included Video, Philosophy, Quotes, Videos, tagged Aloneness, Deepest Need, Erich Fromm, I Am A Rock, Included Video, Leo Tolstoy, Music Video, Philosophy, Quotes, Simon And Garfunkel, YouTube on February 26, 2019| Leave a Comment »
To keep ourselves totally apart so as not to become sullied is the most sullied thing of all. | |
— Leo Tolstoy | |
The deepest need of man is the need to overcome his separateness, to leave the prison of his aloneness. | |
— Erich Fromm | |
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On This Day In: | |
2018 | In My Room (2) |
2017 | Pretending |
2016 | And Songs Too… |
2015 | On The Road To Failure |
2014 | Each Moment |
2013 | Conversation |
2012 | 4 Down, 11 Done (At Last) |
I’m Not Afraid | |
2011 | Who’s Risk Is It, Anyway? |
Why America Stinks More Than It Did 50 Years Ago
Posted in Economics, History, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged A Bad Smell, Economics, Leo Tolstoy, Manure, Philosophy, Quotes, Wealth on December 29, 2018| 2 Comments »
Wealth should be like manure in the field. When it is in a big pile it makes a bad smell. But when it is distributed everywhere across the field, it makes the soil fertile. | |
— Leo Tolstoy | |
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On This Day In: | |
2017 | No Universal Thinking |
2016 | Supervise The Results |
2015 | Just Magic! |
2014 | It Lies Ahead… |
2013 | At Least One Difference |
2012 | Are We, Are We? |
On Not Playing The Game | |
Scale | |
2011 | Nutcracker And Nooks |
Seeing Differences | |
Up For Progress
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Despair, Falling, Getting Up, Leo Tolstoy, Philosophy, Progress, Quotes on September 8, 2018| 2 Comments »
The only person who doesn’t fall is the one who doesn’t strive toward anything. Fall a thousand times and get up a thousand times and if you don’t despair, you will make progress. | |
— Leo Tolstoy | |
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On This Day In: | |
2017 | And Second By Second |
2016 | Bakeries And Coffee Shops |
2015 | Spirit Not Form |
2014 | Sometimes Even Kneeling Seems Insufficient |
2013 | Hobgoblins |
2012 | Got Sleep? |
2011 | Not Another Barren Corner |
Necessary Company
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Leo Tolstoy, On Women, Philosophy, Quotes, Requirements Of Life on September 12, 2016| Leave a Comment »
Nothing is so necessary for a man as the company of intelligent women. | ||
— Leo Tolstoy | ||
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On This Day In: | ||
2015 | Reality Vs Imagination | |
2014 | Penalty Period | |
2013 | Theft | |
2012 | Cranky Old Man | |
2011 | A Man’s Got To Know His Limitations | |